Paint and varnish.



TUNKTED @ATES PATENT @FFJWE am EICHLEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAINT arm VARNISH.

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Mare, 36), $9115.

temperature it is a liquid, and then grad- Ito Drawing. Application filed April 11, 1914:. Serial No. 831,211. To all eohom it mfig concern:

Be 1t known at I, ARMIN Ercmnn, a uall citizen of the United States, residing at New without York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Paints and Varnishes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to bases for paints or varnishes for rendering the aces of various materials impervious to liquids and proof against the action of gases. 1 have discovered that a very satisfactory paint or varnish base may be made from the polymerization products of the cumarone and indene group, and certain oils, with or a suitable volatile solvent. The oils which I use are those derived from certain vegetable seeds and commercially hown as linseed oil, cotton seed oil, poppy seed oil, and soy bean oil.

preparing my new product I heat a quantity of the paracumarone or indene or both to a temperature of 160 0., at which add the oil in such quantity as will pro uce the desired consistency. The roduct as thus obtained may then be us as a paint or varnish or may be mixed with a suitable volatile solvent such as turpentine,

benzene, etc. Any may also be added.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A paint or varnish comprising the polymerization products of the cumarone and indene group and linseed oil.

2. A paint or varnish comprising the polymerization products of the cumarone and indene group, linseed oil and a volatile solvent.

In testimonfy whereof I afix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

ARIVHN EICHLER.

desired coloring matter Witnesses:

AUGUST 0. Wanmmxe, War. A. (Iowan. 

